How Take decision about cancelling canceling the subscription you love

I was dealing with expense control. I want to cancel some subscription. I was using Trello premium. It has many amazing feature like calendar view, Timeline view and many more. On the other hand there is one similar application called Kanbanflow. That is little traditional look and feel. That application is not colorful as trello. But amazing features of time tracking and built in timer. I dont know why trello did not gives us feature of built timer. For this there a lot of third party application integrate with trello card. I configure these but not comfortable with these. Some times some extra cost involve with it if you want to take full benefit of it. But i am comfortable with kanbanflow timer feature. So it will help me to track each task with timer. And that leads me to do focus work.

This post is about how to take decision to cancel any subscription.

I am paying 12.5 Dollars, which are equivalent to 60.1 UAE dhirm. I can afford it.

Will I continue subscription of cancel it. I have asked a few question to myself.

Will these features are useful. Answer is Yes.

Am I using these features. No.

Am I fully utilize these features. Answer is no

Is there cheap alternative there. Answer is no one equal to trello. Trello is king of kanbanflow.

Can I save these 60 dhirms or the functionality is worth more. Answer is worth is more then 60 dhirm.

I decided to cancel this subscription. I am not using all these or some of these features. Why I am paying these 60 dhirms.

Rule of thumb is Everything you are not using but having nice features is useless.

When you are taking decision about any subscriptions.

Ask one and only question “ Am I utilizing these features “. If answer comes in no. Go to cancel subscription.

We have to listen to mind, not heart. Heart usually, lie to us. leads us to

After asking answers. Listen to you mind not heart. Because heart lies to you. heart create fantasises. Whole mind helps to take right decision.

The wound is the place where the Light enters you

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Rumi

During coming to office, while travelling through RTA bus. I got whats app message of my one of dear’s friend. Possible one of last University friend I am still connected with. We both suffering a lot. Because we both dont have proper goals and not prepared to face the challenges of life during University days. We face a lot of extra care and protection and unnecessary pressure to do that and not do that. Unfortunately this extra pressure all are just to achieve their own goals and wants or adjustment of us according to what they want or achieve in life.

He was complaining about his parents wrong parenting. They suppressed us. So we are not able to reality of life. And when we start to face it. It is too late. Some extent he is right. Some time I feel the same. I used to blame my parents.

The difference between me and him. that I learned one lesson. The moment I realized that I am responsible what happen to me.

I start taking charge of my life and start from the same moment for improvement. I started to focus on what I can control. Do what ever task I got. I worked harder what task assign to me. I tried to kill my ego. Defiantly many skills I can not create in myself. But the skills I have I started to use them. I have to sacrifice a lot. Burn a lot of night hours to learn new things. Spent hours to make me master of some technology. Started to write blog post so I will prominent in my field.

Those wounds never be healed. I used these wounds to motivate me.

Regarding Rumi couplet. I told my friend. All suffering and pains you face. You are responsible for that. Directly or indirectly. These wounds are places or holes from light enters you. Means. Make them your inspiration. Burning desires. to never loose again. Never repeat the same mistake. Be clever. Work on your weakness. If possible built on your strength on it. And if this weakness is not replaceable. Try to avoid incompetency areas.

These wounds are indicating something. light coming from it. They identify something. Something to improve. Something to learn.

Something to ignore. Something to forgive.

Never be facing the same situation again not for you even not for your children. Learn from it.

What we think we attract

I was listening a story, They guy talks about once he was speaking ill for himself. And couple of months back same thing happens to him. Do we really attract what we think or say about ourself.

If you watched the move “Secret” there they talk about Law of attraction. The idea is simple, what you want you have to think about it. It means, what happens in our life mostly reflection of our thoughts. Either we think positive or negative. We think about it, and that happens.

For example, You are sitting in cafeteria . And you saw a girl coming looking very beautiful You attracted towards her, Now in your mind it comes negative thought, she will refuse me. And as result on your face there will negative expression appears. And she looked at you and negative feelings she face and she rejects you as result. If you mind think, I am smart energetic , And I can do that, Your face look happy, as result she response you in positive way, She will return you with happy face. If she is not interested, she will reply in positive way.

“Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.”

We have to think about things we want in life. If we think about prosperity, defiantly we motivate and do extra work, side job, online business to earn extra. If we think about poverty, we will go more poor. We will demotivate when extra work we need to do. We avoid late night to write, read or work. Because life is bad, there is no benefit. Because we attract poverty.

Neoplien hill said in his book. “Whatever Your Mind Can Conceive and Believe, It Can Achieve.”

Everything constructed two times, once person mind then in real.

But the idea of illness comes in your mind and you will become ill is not possible.

But thats is true. What we think we find. If things are not in our way, then we will get something positive in it.

I heard some islamic Quote from saint “ Allah kaye fasaily Guoman per hoteye haan” Means Gods decisions are based on your thinking about matter.

Suppose you have to deal with the situation, unexpected situation. Now how you behave, is based on your thinking. If you have positive thinking, you get positive results, If you have negative thinking you will get negative results. That reason they said you attract these result.

Most of the time, our thoughts are negative. Our self talk is negative. We have to forcefully think positive. Dont resist your thoughts, just start thinking positive. With the passage of time our outlook about life become positive.

Speak to create impact

I am confused about the term “ What impact you want to create when you speak these words “. I was listening some material on Linkedin. Speak to create impact.

I think idea is same, speak only keep in mind what others thinks about us after listening these words.

I heard some quote attribute from Hazart Ali “ Bolo kaye phanchayeen jaoo”. I heard that in in ancient times, one person comes from far away wearing very wealthy dress. People sit in Sari or Inn. The wise man asked him, Sir kindly speak so we can reorganize your worth. “ Boliya takey hum app ke kaadar jaan sakeen”.

I think idea is simple. Think before you speak. or Begin with end in mind. Before speak, think where you want to reach. After speaking, what other person perceive you.

I am facing the problem, while speaking, I speak too much truth. What I am, and most of time I spoke about my failures. Now I have to speak in such a way that other impress by my achievement.

Basic theme. How people think about us mostly reflection of our speaking and behavior of us. So what we speak and how we speak. We can control these things. If we start to think before speak. What other person perceive after our words reaches his or her ear. Many times we need to hide our insecurity. and try to speak how other feels about us.

Always think before speak. Its going to create your reality.

Why I comparing myself with others.

Life is really tough. Specially when we live in foreign countries. We are warriors against our poverty. We fighting our poverty.

But others people achievement makes us down. their big home, cars, luxuries life style makes us breaks. But question is

Why we compare ourselves. with others. They are different from us. Their scenario is different. Their thoughts are different. We don’t know what challenges they faced. How much sacrifice they did to reach that position. We don’t know their journey.

We have to look our journey. Where we are headed. What achievement we have. We have to celebrate ours.

Our biggest competition is with ourselves. What we were yesterday.

You must be better person then whom you see in mirror every day.

I was listening Sadh guru. He suggest to take life as it is. “ As he hayee” no need to think about things which are beyond our control.

If some one has more success then you. Certainly he put more effort then you. He started his journey much before you.

Always look inside. Definitely you have some better things then them.

Always be thankful to what you have. Always great full. what you have. Stop impressing by some one. Possible these things are temporary. Try to ignore thing.

Apny Man  Mein Doob Kar  Pa Ja Suraag e Zindagi

Tu Agar Mera Nahin Banta Na Ban, Par Apna To Ban

Look inside you have everything to start, or make progress. Believe on that and start.

We can not happy every one

We can not happy every one. People always happy with us only when, we are lesser then them. They feel superior in our presence. Or we move according to their wishes. It is very difficult to make them happy. We can do that in some cases when interest is there. They have skills we dont have.

Never become people pleaser. Avoid it. Its perfectly acceptable that some people are not happy with us. We dont know where we put our shoes on their toe. We can not cut ourselves according to their wishes. If we are intentionally in competition with some one else. Its ok.

But in some cases, it worse when we feel inferior in their presence. They tried to prove that they are something. in that situation we deal them. We can handle them but we can not happy. We have to control our nerves. We have to work on why we feel inferior. if we can change that thing or weakness. we have to work on that. We can not we have to accept our weakness which they are exploiting.

But never become people pleaser. Be come cool person. friendly person but never come people pleaser.

I read some where. The person from every one is happy is died from inside.

Have Strong Opinions, But Hold On To Them Loosely

Hello friends, another simple post, many times in life we have firm opinion on something, That this way is right. We make our mind that his way is absolute right. There is no other way. It specially happens when we are working in teams. We have short amount of time and budget. And we try to force others to work in same way we work. But some times, young people challenge us. they know something different and effective then us. In that case we need to loosely hold these idea. We need to change our approach. We have to learn new things to make us more effective.

It is said that we have to unlearn old things to learn new things. Its certainly we need to strong opinion but required loosely hold approach to adopt new things to make us more effective.

Slow Down And watch where you are going

In the reflection section of One minute Sufi aurther called to write your own reflection after each sufi thought.

I starting to write because I want to improve my writing skills.

In a boat rushing on a fast-running creek, it seems as if the trees on the bank are rushing by. What seems to be changing around us is rather the speed of our craft leaving this world. —Rumi

Jamal, Azim. The One-Minute Sufi: 1 . Jaico Books. Kindle Edition.

Some times, I found that time is running fast. Days, night and then week ends comes fast. We busy ourselves too much. And we forget what is important to us. The living style is too expensive. And we are struggling to much to maintain us. We spent on things which not required. We can impress others. We can survive without these things.

Rumi write this fast place life as moving fast placing boat in creek. It feels trees on the shore are moving very fast. But actually our time is passing and we are moving towards death, our departure from this world.

This boat takes us which direction, we dont know. We are just moving with boat. The fast placing boat. We need to take pause. understand were we are going. Ask right question, is this right direction ?. What we see moving around the creek? is it illusion or reality. What we are thinking and what is our actual reality. Either we are living in fantasy or we living in reality. reality check is very necessary.

Here boat is symbolic for our Circumstances. Our circumstances takes us in unknown direction. We are moving with it.

It is very similar to situation, that one person is running very fast horse. One person asked him where is going so fast. He replied. I don’t know where horse takes me, I am going there.

Time is passing, we need to control our circumstance not our circumstances control us. It is not easy. But with efforts and struggle, you can change your direction. A lot of efforts required.

Sufi is live in present

My life changes, when I start to live in present moment. No worry for future. No thoughts of past. Practically it is not possible. But we forcefully change our thoughts.

I read this concept in One minute sufi by Azim Jamal. In fact this post is also result of reflect on sufi concept of timelessness “ Timelessness in you”.

Time like a sand, that continues slip in our hand. Sufi did not believe in past and future. future if exists, need to erase, and future if exist it not yet come. we come from past and going towards future and path is now, Path is present. We can not change past so we ignore it, we can only learn it. What we do will effect our future.

For sufi are believe on timelessness. means no regret for past and no worries for future. Just live in present moment.

Living in present moment is timelessness.

the current moment is powerful moment, it has essence of past and future. Embrace the beauty of present moment.

This very moment is powerful, never wait for another moment. What will come, I don’t know, what passed we cant change it. let it go.

Sufi is timeless. Essence of life is now. Embrace in it.

When I start to implement this idea of living of present moment, I become more learner.

Some time senior bully and Junior challenge

Some times senior bully juniors, That junior are not good. Some times juniors challenge seniors. Because, with passage of time juniors reach same level of knowledge and experience.

I faced both. What I learn that after 3 years of experience every one reach on same level. Junior and seniors have same level of knowledge. After 3 years of experience all become equal.

What if senior bully you. Bear it, your response creates situation. Secretly put efforts and improve yourself put efforts to prove yourself. Remember one thing, no body consider yourself equal to them. They never did it. But you respect the seniors, they give you knowledge trained you. But never take them to your head.

What to do when junior challenge you. In that case you have to claim down. Smile and ignore it. told them you trained make them your helping hand. And always focus on next target or goal. Possible we are not growing. There will be no next level. Always focus on that. I heard that professional career like a chess. If you are not prepared for next step, some one is killed you.

Remember, politics is every where. We have to handle politics. But more important is work. You have more focus on delivery.

Second be friendly, always stay to ground. Most of the time I avoid challenge. But some times I have to face the challenge.

But before getting involve in challenge. See things from all angles. What is advantage you got after getting involve in challenge. If you got more damage, avoid it. Always keep in focus what you want. Always think about next move.